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BBC Coffee is gradually gaining popularity among the historically tea-drinking population of north India “It’s not just about brewing a good cup of coffee but connecting with customers on a deeper level.” It was this one thought that made Harmanpreet Singh leave his family bakery to open a specialty coffee…

Kairos Futura Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has long been known as “the green city in the sun” because of its mix of forest and grasslands among the urban sprawl, but it all depends on where you are viewing it from. Seen from one of the city’s comfortable apartment blocks or homes,…

Getty Images By the time The Beatles visited the US, they were already huge stars in the UK In Beatles ’64, the new documentary which charts the impact of the band’s first US tour and how it catapulted them to global superstardom, Paul McCartney makes a suggestion as to why…

Sebastian Usher Qassem Abu Khalaf and his wife Malak Hijaz have a library of hundreds of ingredients A young Palestinian couple in Jerusalem have produced a range of perfumes to embody the heritage of their people. Despite the horror of the war in Gaza, they hope their scents can still…

Reuters Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, encouraged protesters into the heart of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad A charred lorry, empty tear gas shells and posters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan – it was all that remained of a massive protest led by Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, that had sent…

An exit poll in the Republic of Ireland Ireland suggests that Sinn Féin has 21.1% of first preference votes with Fine Gael having 21%, making the result of the general election too close to call. The poll indicates Fianna Fáil has 19.5% of first preference votes. The results were published…

As the Russian defence minister makes an unannounced visit to Pyongyang and Ukraine claims that North Korean troops are in Russia and ready to support Russia’s military – our Analysis Editor Ros Atkins, along with BBC Verify, has been looking at what we know about North Korea’s alleged involvement in…

A coalition of Canada’s biggest news outlets is suing OpenAI, the maker of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, alleging the company is illegally using news articles to train its software. News organisations including the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC have all joined…

A hitman offered C$100,000 ($71,400; £56,000) for the assassination of a crime reporter at Montreal newspaper La Presse, the outlet has reported. Convicted killer Frédérick Silva confessed to La Presse that he had offered the contract to anyone willing to carry out the hit on Daniel Renaud, who was covering…

One of Africa’s best known musicians – the Malian singer Rokia Traoré – has reportedly been imprisoned in Belgium as part of an ongoing child custody dispute. The 50-year-old is being held after being extradited from Italy, over an outstanding two-year prison sentence, according to the AFP news agency. The…